ˈspatted, ppl. a.
[f. spat n.5]
a. Provided with or wearing spats or short gaiters.
| 1894 G. du Maurier Trilby II. 184 Our three friends balmorally-booted or neatly spatted. 1894 Hall Caine Manxman 136 One of his spatted feet was on the break. |
b. Of an aircraft or its undercarriage: equipped with spats.
| 1936 R. Brenard in J. Hammerton War in Air xix. 606 (caption) The latest version..has its three 350 h.p. Gnome-Rhone engines enclosed in low-drag cowlings and faired into a ‘spatted’ undercarriage. 1943 Hunt & Pringle Service Slang 61 If the wheels of a ‘spatted’ plane do not retract, it is said to have ‘permanent spats’. 1960 C. H. Gibbs-Smith Aeroplane i. xi. 78 This remarkable three-seater had fully cantilevered wings..and ‘spatted’ undercarriage. |